Bath & Body Works, Inc. announced that the Company's Board of Directors has voted unanimously to appoint Gina Boswell Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective December 1, 2022. Sarah E. Nash, who has served as Executive Chair of the Board since February 2022 and interim Chief Executive Officer since May 2022, will remain Executive Chair through the end of the Company's fiscal year on January 28, 2023, at which time she will transition back to Chair of the Board. Ms. Boswell has more than 30 years of experience, including extensive beauty and personal care leadership roles at global companies such as Unilever, Alberto Culver Company and The Estee Lauder Companies.

She brings deep expertise in sales, marketing, brand-building, and business development and strategy, along with strong operational experience and a demonstrated track record of delivering successful business outcomes. Known as a values-based leader, Ms. Boswell has led large cross-functional teams both domestically and internationally with a strong focus on team building. From 2011 to 2019, Ms. Boswell served in three distinct roles of increasing responsibility at Unilever.

First as Executive Vice President, Personal Care North America, she led a multi-billion dollar portfolio comprised of hair care, deodorant, skin cleansing and skin care where she had responsibility for over 20 personal care brands, including Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Tresemme, Suave and Degree. During that time, she successfully grew the haircare category to achieve U.S. market share leadership for the first time, and helped establish a true beauty and personal care culture. From there she was tapped to lead Unilever UK & Ireland, with full P&L responsibility across all personal care, home care and food/refreshment categories.

Her most recent role was President, Customer Development for Unilever U.S.A., where she led multi-billion dollar revenue delivery across all channels, customers and categories for Unilever's largest market. Ms. Boswell joined Unilever through the acquisition and successful integration of Alberto Culver Company, where she served as President of Global Brands and led all brand development activities, including global marketing, R&D, consumer insights and package design. Earlier in her career, Ms. Boswell held leadership and business development roles at Avon Products, Inc., Ford Motor Company and The Estee Lauder Companies.

Ms. Boswell has extensive public and private company board experience and has served as a board member of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). She has been recognized as a “Woman to Watch” by Advertising Age and “50 Most Influential People in Beauty” by Women's Wear Daily. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston University and received her MBA from Yale University.